Austrian School, 18th Century Pair of portraits of Maria Theresa and Franz I Sephan of Austria, reverse glass paintings
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each with inscription on the reverse Marie-Therèse Impératrice d'Autriche mere de Marie-Antoinette, Reine de France, the second inscribed Francois 1er Empereur d'Autriche pere de Marie-Antoinette Reine de France épouse Louis XVI, and labelled D...D ex dono CAESARIS LE DUC, Presbyteris, nec non Syn- dici Communitatis Santi Se bastiani, anno 1777, with giltwood frames
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Chacun 33 x 24 cm.; each 13 x 9 ½ in
Apparently given by Caesaris le Duc in 1777 to the Community of Saint-Sebastian;
Röbbig, Munich;
Private collection;
Christie's London, 6 November 2008, lot 170.
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780) and her husband, Emperor Francis I of Austria (1708-1765), were one of the most powerful reigning couples in Europe during the second half of the 18th century. The eldest daughter of Emperor Charles VI, Maria Theresa became Empress of Austria in 1740. She had been married since 1736 to Francis III, Duke of Lorraine. After having to fight to establish Maria Theresa's authority on the throne, the couple controlled a large part of Europe thanks to the royal marriages they arranged for their numerous offspring. Of their sixteen children, ten reached adulthood; their daughters became Duchess of Parma and Queen of the Two Sicilies, and their youngest daughter, Marie Antoinette (1756-1793), became Queen of France upon marrying the Dauphin Louis in 1770.
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